“Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley” takes place April 9 at Valley View Casino
Center in San Diego, and the main card airs live on Showtime. The event
is headlined by a welterweight title fight between reigning champ Nick
Diaz and Paul Daley.

Takaya returns to the U.S. for the first time since a two-fight stint with the WEC in 2008. Since then, the Japanese fighter has competed exclusively in DREAM, where he posted a runner-up finish in the organization’s featherweight grand prix and defeated then-champ Bibiano Fernandes for the title in his most recent fight. He’s now won three straight and six of his past eight.

He faces another Strikeforce newcomer in Peralta, who enters the promotion on the heels of a six-fight win streak in the California-based Gladiator Challenge organization. All of the wins have come via stoppage, though his opposition has a combined 5-11 record. However, Peralta does own an early-2009 victory over current Tachi Palace Fights flyweight champion Darrell Montague.

A total of 26 fighters got their chance to shine on Saturday as part of UFC 190 at Rio de Janeiro’s HSBC Arena. Now that UFC 190 is in the books, it’s time to commence MMAjunkie’s “Three Stars” ceremony.

The man known for cranking submissions to the point of injury added eye-gouging to his repertoire. But is the controversy of Rousimar Palhares too essential to his bizarre, awful appeal for his employers to take any meaningful action against him?